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Noun: calycanthus family
  1. Shrubs or small trees having aromatic bark; the eastern United States and eastern Asia
    - Calycanthaceae, family Calycanthaceae, strawberry-shrub family
Noun: Calycanthus
  1. A magnoliid dicot genus of the family Calycanthaceae including: allspice
    - genus Calycanthus

Type of: magnoliid dicot family, magnoliid dicot genus

Part of: order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales

Encyclopedia: Calycanthus